The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has introduced a Healthy Weight Action Plan aimed at curbing the number of obese people in the territory. As its name suggests, the plan seeks to create…
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Advergaming is a relatively recent approach to advertising that overcomes many of the limitations of traditional advertising. But advergames are increasingly being used by fast food companies to target…
How do fast food workers survive on rock-bottom wages in the US? Research by the University of California at Berkeley has…
White people are represented more often and more positively in television commercials than black or Asian people, according…
The government wants to improve children’s diets by banning packed lunches and barring children from leaving school at lunchtime to prevent them from buying unhealthy food. School lunches are healthier…
Banning the use of trans fats has proven to be the most effective way to prevent the spread of major world diseases. But…
Children are subconsciously absorbing sports sponsorship messages from alcohol and fast-food manufacturers, new research…
Consumption of fast food more than three times a week is associated with increased risks of severe asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis…
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has just finished hearing submissions in a case against McDonald’s opening an outlet in the town of Tecoma. The case is part of a growing trend of…
Radio National’s Background Briefing this Sunday is about the struggle of residents of a western suburb in Adelaide who are trying to stop a McDonalds restaurant being built within 200 metres of a primary…
Fast foods in Australia contain less salt than their equivalent in the US but more than in France and Britain, a comparison of meals at major chain stores such as McDonald’s and KFC has found. Elizabeth…
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